If a woman works for a business with 8 or more workers, she is allowed pregnancy or childbirth disability leave and is entitled to return to work when released by her health care provider. The disability leave is based on her individual condition and may include all the time her health care provider determines she is unable to work. See WAC 162-30-020.

The federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) permits workers who work for an employer with 50 or more employees and have worked at least 12 months for the business for a total of at least 1,250 hours to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to care for:

A newborn or newly adopted or foster child,

To recover from the employee's own serious illness, or

To care for a child, spouse, or parent with a serious health condition.